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Ratko Mladić is still viewed as a hero by many Bosnian Serbs. It’s a reminder how divided my country remains today

Ratko Mladić is still viewed as a hero by many Bosnian Serbs. It’s a reminder how divided my country remains today

Bosnia remains a country divided by contrasting histories and narratives about the war. Mladić is a symbolic reminder of this.

28.08.2026 10

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Friday essay: my time with ‘Madam War Criminal’, unrepentant at 95

Legal academic Olivera Simic spent eight years talking to a war criminal prosecuted for crimes against humanity who receives fan-mail today.

13.11.2025 20

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How can the International Criminal Court achieve justice for women?

A new book rewrites judgments in cases decided by the ICC from a feminist perspective.

01.09.2025 20

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Getting away with it … sort of. How a dictator and a fugitive Nazi advanced international human rights law

In 38 Londres Street, Philippe Sands brings to light the struggle to hold Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and former Nazi Walther Rauff accountable.

05.06.2025 20

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